Just a short Public Service Announcement for our users, particularly the ones who like their Homebrew on Nintendo platforms. The Homebrew community tends to be positive and participating in it is a recipe for a good time, but no group of people is free of bad actors with too much time on their hands. We have reason to believe that in the near future we'll see a lot of suspicious uploads of innocent-looking applications that are actually concealed console brickers and viruses. We came across a disconcerting threat against our site, among others, made by a Wii malware creator.

The safety of our users is our number one priority, so we strongly urge forum-goers to be weary of applications uploaded to the site recently, particularly if they come from relatively new accounts. We apologise for this inconvenience, but sadly there is little we can do besides staying vigilant and dealing swiftly with any and all suspicious content.

Stay safe, and keep on Tempin'!

 

[elenarguez]

So should we be worried? Or is it a fucking joke? Lol

 

[Naendow]

It isn't a bad idea to be careful, but it seems to be a joke.

 

[Foxi4]

Nothing unusual has been spotted so far and the hacker's Github where his original statement was hosted has since been banned and now 404's. With that said, we treat all threats of this nature seriously and urge our users to be cautious when installing homebrew apps, particularly Wii ones - it's only common sense to verify your binaries.

 

[PrincessLillie]

Nothing unusual has been spotted so far and the hacker's Github where his original statement was hosted has since been banned and now 404's. With that said, we treat all threats of this nature seriously and urge our users to be cautious when installing homebrew apps, particularly Wii ones - it's only common sense to verify your binaries.

It seems he has a new GitHub account and the dates were pushed back by a week.

 

[BaamAlex]

Is something happened now? Or the last few days? Any bricked wiis?

 

[pLaYeR^^]

Is something happened now? Or the last few days? Any bricked wiis?

No.

 

[BaamAlex]

Sad...Was it just a bad joke?

 

[pLaYeR^^]

Sad...Was it just a bad joke?

@sks316 said that he postponed it.

 

[linuxares]

It seems he has a new GitHub account and the dates were pushed back by a week.

So rinse and repeat? People just need to send it to github again?

 

[Underguy573]

I would think so

 

[Deleted member 388531]

Once these apps are out, there's no stopping the distribution of them.

 

[PrincessLillie]

Once these apps are out, there's no stopping the distribution of them.

That's correct, but mods can at least keep it to a minimum on GBAtemp.